A young reader's tour of the Earth follows the trail of a single pebble over millions of years, from its formation in a fiery volcano through its movement through primeval forests, the dinosaur era, and the ice ages.
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Grade 2-4?A child muses about the long history of a pebble, from its volcanic origins when the Earth was young to the day she picks it up off the ground. The conceit doesn't quite work, as the narrator sounds like an adult lecturer?"Two great landmasses, like giant plates, are colliding...It is 395 million years ago."?but the idea of using some common object or artifact as a springboard to the past is a tried-and-true one. Coady places an array of familiar, dramatically rendered dinosaurs and other flora and fauna in landscapes characteristic of each passing era. A timeline at the end includes labels for animals not previously named. More conventionally scientific than George Ella Lyon's Who Came Down That Road? (Orchard, 1992), this title makes an appealing alternative or replacement for Bruce Hiscock's The Big Rock (Atheneum, 1988).?John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 3^-5. A girl finds a pebble on the ground and asks, "Where did you come from, pebble?" The answer unfolds through words and pictures. The first double-page spread shows volcanoes erupting 480 million years ago, bringing molten rock to the surface of the earth; the next illustrates land masses colliding and buckling into mountains 395 million years ago. Page by page, the story goes forward in time, tracing one pebble's history as the face of the earth changes, animals become more complex, and finally a little girl picks up the pebble, "a little piece of the history of our planet." The last two pages feature geological and biological timelines laying out the periods dramatized in the story. Rich with color and shading, the paintings dramatize Earth's history. Considering the vastness of the topic, the text does a good job of balancing the general with the specific. Teachers will find this a good introduction to geology. Carolyn Phelan
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Delightful reading for any child,
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This review is from: The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of Our Earth (Hardcover)
I work with children in environmental education. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that many children have no concept of the soil except that it is dirty! This book helps the reader examine this presious resource and contemplate the longevity of soil and the importance of it in a fun manner. Hooper takes the child on a creative adventure of reliving some of the possible experiences of the piece of rock that they take for granted. Although a scientific topic, "A Rock in my Pocket" is also a delightful romp through the history of the earth. I highly recommend this book for any child who thinks soil is dirty, and even for those who think it is cool. In addition, Hooper's book "A Drop in my Drink" deals with water in the same manner. You should not get one of these books and not the other.
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Wonderful presentation of earth's timeline,
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This review is from: The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of Our Earth (Hardcover)
This book presents the earth's timeline, from 4 billion years ago to the present, by following a pebble's journey from its volcanic birth to the top of a mountain, to the sea, to being captured by glaciers, with other stops in between. The illustrations are wonderful in showing different life forms over that period. We bought this book for my son when he was 4, and he still likes reading it at age 6. A nice touch is that it is a girl who finds the pebble.
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This review is from: The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of Our Earth (Hardcover)
My fifth grade students were bored when I read this book to them. They are very interested in the rock cycle, however, this book presented information that went on forever. I think it would have been better if it could have been more concise.
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THE PEBBLE in my pocket is round and smooth and brown. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
THE PEBBLE in my pocket is round and smooth and brown. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Pebble in My Pocket by Meredith Hooper in Front Matter
- Science Discoveries on the Net: An Integrated Approach (Teacher Ideas Press) by Anthony D. Fredericks on page 210
- Brain-Compatible Science by Margaret Angermeyer Mangan on page 188
- Brain-Compatible Science by Margaret Angermeyer Mangan on page 188
- Earth's Crust (Early Bird Earth Science) by Conrad J. Storad in Back Matter
- Erosion (Early Bird Earth Science) by Joelle Riley in Back Matter
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